this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the other main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. newscast, from the bbc. hello. it is adam in the studio. find it is adam in the studio. and chris in the _ it is adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. - it is adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. have - it is adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. have you watch the — chris in the studio. have you watch the tv _ chris in the studio. have you watch the tv event - chris in the studio. have you watch the tv event of - chris in the studio. have you watch the tv event of the i chris in the studio. have you i watch the tv event of the year, and i mean me standing infor politics live. and i mean me standing in for politics live.— politics live. everyone was talkin: politics live. everyone was talking about _ politics live. everyone was talking about it. _ politics live. everyone was talking about it. there - politics live. everyone was| talking about it. there were rooms full of people.-

talking about it. there were rooms full of people. how big is the rift _ rooms full of people. how big is the rift between _ rooms full of people. how big is the rift between adam - is the rift between adam fleming and joe coburn? is the rift between adam fleming and joe coburn? bereft ofthe fleming and joe coburn? bereft of the atlantic! _ fleming and joe coburn? bereft of the atlantic! no, _ fleming and joe coburn? bereft of the atlantic! no, the - fleming and joe coburn? bereft of the atlantic! no, the harry i of the atlantic! no, the harry and meghan _ of the atlantic! no, the harry and meghan documentary - of the atlantic! no, the harry and meghan documentary of| of the atlantic! no, the harry - and meghan documentary of which the first episode has been released. i the first episode has been released-— the first episode has been released. ., ., , ., released. i have not seen a sinale released. i have not seen a single frame _ released. i have not seen a single frame in _ released. i have not seen a single frame in terms - released. i have not seen a single frame in terms of. single frame in terms of turning on the television and watching it but i feel like i have seen the whole thing because it has been everywhere. no, i have not yet seen it but i think i am looking forward to it because of the injury, i suppose. i it because of the in'ury, i supposefi it because of the in'ury, i su ose. . . , suppose. i watched the first episode. — suppose. i watched the first episode, half— suppose. i watched the first| episode, half professionally, half as a viewer, but our colleague, royal correspondent, watch all three episodes simultaneously, 100% as a professional. i simultaneously, 100% as a professional.— professional. i was binge watching _ professional. i was binge watching harry _ professional. i was binge watching harry and - professional. i was binge - watching harry and meghan. three — watching harry and meghan. three of— watching harry and meghan. three of them dropped at 8am this morning and then... you want the _ this morning and then... you want the radio _ this morning and then... you want the radio talking - this morning and then... yfri. want the radio talking about it at 8:20am. want the radio talking about it at 8:20am— want the radio talking about it at 8:20am. dashing out to talk about it and — at 8:20am. dashing out to talk about it and then _ at 8:20am. dashing out to talk about it and then watch - at 8:20am. dashing out to talk about it and then watch more | about it and then watch more and trying to get the news lines — and trying to get the news lines out of it but also let yourself _ lines out of it but also let yourself get into it because as yourself get into it because as you say— yourself get into it because as you say if_ yourself get into it because as you say if you watch it to try

and — you say if you watch it to try and dig _ you say if you watch it to try and dig out new slides you never— and dig out new slides you never understand it properly so it was _ never understand it properly so it was a — never understand it properly so it was a curious morning. wasn't _ it was a curious morning. wasn't refreshing at atm? frantically, frantically. fra ntically, frantically. asking _ fra ntically, frantically. asking friends frantically, frantically. asking friends how does this work— asking friends how does this work this computer thing? to work this computer thing? decode work this computer thing? trr decode what is going on is our culture editor katie russell. i went to the turner prize and did not have more than one glass of wine and i knew that at 8am i would have to be back up at 8am i would have to be back up in liverpool watching back—to—back episodes of this. you can't not watch if you are the editor but atm is a better time to watch television in my view. ., ., ., ., ., view. you have not had a day off in a while. _ view. you have not had a day off in a while. at _ view. you have not had a day off in a while. at 8am - view. you have not had a day off in a while. at 8am you . view. you have not had a day| off in a while. at 8am you are a sheep- _ off in a while. at 8am you are a sheep. must _ off in a while. at 8am you are a sheep. must have _ off in a while. at 8am you are a sheep. must have a - off in a while. at 8am you are a sheep. must have a little i a sheep. must have a little flavour of _ a sheep. must have a little flavour of one _ a sheep. must have a little flavour of one of _ a sheep. must have a little flavour of one of the i a sheep. must have a little i flavour of one of the episodes. you are late. the taxing saying he was — you are late. the taxing saying he was in — you are late. the taxing saying

he was in traffic. i you are late. the taxing saying he was in traffic.— he was in traffic. i was freaking _ he was in traffic. i was freaking out. - he was in traffic. i was freaking out. i - he was in traffic. i was freaking out. i was i he was in traffic. i was i freaking out. i was sweating. he was in traffic. i was - freaking out. i was sweating. i thought, is this what he does? this— thought, is this what he does? this is— thought, is this what he does? this is what i am not doing. you — this is what i am not doing. you have _ this is what i am not doing. you have so much of an ego that any girl— you have so much of an ego that any girl would sit around and wait — any girl would sit around and waita— any girl would sit around and wait a half—hour for you and i was — wait a half—hour for you and i was not — wait a half—hour for you and i was not interested in that. and then when _ was not interested in that. and then when i — was not interested in that. and then when i walked _ was not interested in that. jifuc then when i walked in a was not interested in that. fific then when i walked in a hot, sweaty ball of mesh... then when i walked in a hot, sweaty ball of mesh. . .- then when i walked in a hot, sweaty ball of mesh... most of eisode sweaty ball of mesh... most of episode one — sweaty ball of mesh... most of episode one it _ sweaty ball of mesh... most of episode one it seems - sweaty ball of mesh... most of episode one it seems to i sweaty ball of mesh... most of episode one it seems to be i sweaty ball of mesh... most ofj episode one it seems to be the harry and meghan love story like there dinners together and there was not as much about the royal family as i was expecting. royal family as i was exoeeting-_ royal family as i was exectina. ., ., expecting. not in episode one and that was _ expecting. not in episode one and that was surprisingly i and that was surprisingly little about the royal family in any of the three episodes and obviously that is woven through the story but if you are waiting for that bombshell about either the relationship with the institution or the relationship with the relations

then you have got a long time to wait. what is running through the episode is harry's deep dislike of the media but he has talked about before, meghan's reaction to when she is talked about as harry's girlfriend at the swimming of the paparazzi by the photographers and i think what is clear is the way that they bond over the dislike of they bond over the dislike of the press and the media. and the press and the media. and the press and the media. and the are the press and the media. and they are saying _ the press and the media. and they are saying all— the press and the media. and they are saying all of this at they are saying all of this at the centre of this global events, these programmes dropping up once and headlines around — dropping up once and headlines around the world and all of that — around the world and all of that it— around the world and all of that. , . ., , ~ around the world and all of that. _ ~ ., around the world and all of that. _ .,, ~ ., ., that. it is curious. a lot of eo - le that. it is curious. a lot of people would _ that. it is curious. a lot of people would like - that. it is curious. a lot of people would like to i that. it is curious. a lot of people would like to have | that and what of the reason that and what of the reason that they left the working side of the royal family is so they can get that control because in the royal family there is a great way of dealing with the media which is

something both of them have railed about before, which is a fairly dreary set of organisation and instructions about how royal coverage is organised. so, they have moved out of that and the media was one of the reasons that they left, and now they have decided they want to tell their story in their way. this is a very one—sided documentary. it is their story, told by them and their story, told by them and their friends and their story, told by them and theirfriends and their their story, told by them and their friends and their friends can't stop telling you how utterly they wonderful, in particularly meghan. i was auoin to particularly meghan. i was going to ask _ particularly meghan. i was going to ask you _ particularly meghan. i was going to ask you as - particularly meghan. i was| going to ask you as culture editor, would you classify this as a documentary, but we would call it a handout, when a company or somebody gives you a nicely polished video of how they would like you to present them but not necessarily the way we would present them as impartial journalists. way we would present them as impartialjournalists. you way we would present them as impartialjournalists.— impartial “ournalists. you are riuht. impartialjournalists. you are right. netflix _ impartialjournalists. you are right. netflix is _ impartialjournalists. you are right. netflix is calling i impartialjournalists. you are right. netflix is calling it i impartialjournalists. you are right. netflix is calling it a i right. netflix is calling it a documentary but i don't think it is strictly a documentary. i would — it is strictly a documentary. i would call— it is strictly a documentary. i would call it a programme. not a had _ would call it a programme. not

a bad programme but a programme. as a johnny says it is one—sided, of course it is. it is one—sided, of course it is. it is — is one—sided, of course it is. it is the _ is one—sided, of course it is. it is the truth. it has got their— it is the truth. it has got their friends on it, people who agree — their friends on it, people who agree with their views in it. documentaries in a stricter sense _ documentaries in a stricter sense do— documentaries in a stricter sense do have to have a sort of slightly— sense do have to have a sort of slightly less partial take. you do have — slightly less partial take. you do have to get the feeling that you are — do have to get the feeling that you are being given at the whole _ you are being given at the whole truth if you can, and certainly _ whole truth if you can, and certainly that is not how this programme comes across. it is slick. _ programme comes across. it is slick. it— programme comes across. it is slick. it is— programme comes across. it is slick. it is a — programme comes across. it is slick. it is a piece of pr, if you — slick. it is a piece of pr, if you like. _ slick. it is a piece of pr, if you like, like a handout. that does — you like, like a handout. that does not _ you like, like a handout. that does not mean it is not good tv — does not mean it is not good tv. wasn't any good? did you en'o tv. wasn't any good? did you enjoy it? _ tv. wasn't any good? did you enjoy it? who _ tv. wasn't any good? did you enjoy it? who enjoys - tv. wasn't any good? did you | enjoy it? who enjoys watching enjoy it? who en'oys watching something h enjoy it? who en'oys watching something like i enjoy it? who enjoys watching something like that _ enjoy it? who enjoys watching something like that at - enjoy it? who enjoys watching j something like that at number one _ something like that at number one. obviously, i something like that at number one. obviously, lam something like that at number one. obviously, i am giving things— one. obviously, i am giving things away, but if you had turned _ things away, but if you had turned it— things away, but if you had turned it on because you had seen — turned it on because you had seen the _ turned it on because you had seen the trailers and he thought, "ok, we're going to -et thought, "ok, we're going to get some _ thought, "ok, we're going to get some really good dirt here" _ get some really good dirt here." or if you remember about the trailers, _ here." or if you remember about the trailers, harry is talking

about— the trailers, harry is talking about a _ the trailers, harry is talking about a dirty game, the war against— about a dirty game, the war against meghan to suit agendas and this— against meghan to suit agendas and this is about race and clearly— and this is about race and clearly race does come up in these — clearly race does come up in these programmes but you don't -et these programmes but you don't get individuals named, you don't~~ _ get individuals named, you don't... so, if you were on for that— don't... so, if you were on for that because you had watch the trailers, — that because you had watch the trailers, it— that because you had watch the trailers, it would be disappointed. having said that it does— disappointed. having said that it does get a bit repetitive at times — it does get a bit repetitive at times i_ it does get a bit repetitive at times. i think they come across engaging. — times. i think they come across engaging, really well. no surprise there is a documentary made _ surprise there is a documentary made in — surprise there is a documentary made in association with their company— made in association with their company but it is intriguing to see the — company but it is intriguing to see the back story to their relationship. are they the first— relationship. are they the first royal couple ever to meet on social— first royal couple ever to meet on social media? they met on lnstagram _ on social media? they met on instagram. we see the footage. it is slickly produced. you have _ it is slickly produced. you have got _ it is slickly produced. you have got the devices when they are texting each other, or what's _ are texting each other, or what's up, the messages come up on the _ what's up, the messages come up on the screen. those art devices _ on the screen. those art devices were used to seeing. there — devices were used to seeing. there are _ devices were used to seeing. there are various cliffhangers along — there are various cliffhangers along the way, things that i said — along the way, things that i said that you think, "oh, maybe we will— said that you think, "oh, maybe we will learn more about that in the — we will learn more about that in the next volume as they are grandiose _ in the next volume as they are grandiose the call." things like —

grandiose the call." things like when he talks about his time — like when he talks about his time in _ like when he talks about his time in africa when he was 18. he was— time in africa when he was 18. he was troubled, his mother had died _ he was troubled, his mother had died he — he was troubled, his mother had died. he goes to africa and he talks— died. he goes to africa and he talks about how he uses this phrase! _ talks about how he uses this phrase! i_ talks about how he uses this phrase! i can't remember it — but _ phrase! i can't remember it — but he — phrase! i can't remember it — but he uses _ phrase! i can't remember it — but he uses a phrase about how he did _ but he uses a phrase about how he did not— but he uses a phrase about how he did not get the support he needed — he did not get the support he needed after his mother died and talked about a second family— and talked about a second family in africa who effectively brought him up and you can't— effectively brought him up and you can't help but think is that— you can't help but think is that a _ you can't help but think is that a dig at prince charles? what — that a dig at prince charles? what was _ that a dig at prince charles? what was his father doing at the time? orwhen what was his father doing at the time? or when meghan talks about— the time? or when meghan talks about meeting william and kate for the — about meeting william and kate for the first time and she says i for the first time and she says i am _ for the first time and she says i am a — for the first time and she says i am a hugger but the british, they— i am a hugger but the british, they find _ i am a hugger but the british, they find that formality, they are so — they find that formality, they are so formal they find it iarring _ are so formal they find it jarring and you think, "what happened there?" was that the start— happened there?" was that the start of— happened there?" was that the start of the disaster, the breakdown of their relationship? there are cliffhangers that drama does very— cliffhangers that drama does very well, the wallet told programmes in narrative programmes in narrative programmes do well, to keep the interest — programmes do well, to keep the interest. , ., interest. there is an extraordinary - interest. there is an extraordinary bit i interest. there is an i extraordinary bit where interest. there is an - extraordinary bit where there was home video footage on the phone or something of them

holding a party who is little at this point and he is basically touching a picture of princess diana on the wall. that is really moving. but it is extraordinary _ that is really moving. but it is extraordinary because i that is really moving. but it| is extraordinary because this is extraordinary because this is a couple that have spent three hours saying they don't like their privacy invaded and then you see this private moment they are putting out to subscribers. moment they are putting out to subscribers-— subscribers. that is their choice though. _ subscribers. that is their choice though. i - subscribers. that is their choice though. i think. subscribers. that is theirl choice though. i think you subscribers. that is their- choice though. i think you can say i want my privacy but on my own terms and this is what i am willing to share with you in the context of me having control over it. interesting what the _ control over it. interesting what the word _ control over it. interesting what the word privacy i control over it. interesting i what the word privacy actually means. back to the journalistic being, injournalism, if you make claims about somebody we would go to that person and get their response and included in their response and included in the journalism, their response and included in thejournalism, even if they said that we were wrong. what is going on here because the programme starts with a slate which says, "we approach the royal comment and they did not reply." royal comment and they did not rel ." , ., , ., reply." there is a bit of argy-bargy _ reply." there is a bit of argy-bargy and - reply." there is a bit of argy-bargy and i i reply." there is a bit of argy-bargy and i spoke reply." there is a bit of. argy-bargy and i spoke to argy—bargy and i spoke to someone from kensington palace which is the residence of the

princess of wales. i spoke to them yesterday and said by the way did they come to you? did netflix come to you for right of reply and they said no. and then this statement comes up saying, "we approach buckingham palace and the royal family." right at the start!— right at the start! they did not reply- _ right at the start! they did not reply. again _ right at the start! they did not reply. again the - right at the start! they did not reply. again the line i right at the start! they did i not reply. again the line came out from buckingham palace later, "no, we did not get approach." then, subsequently came another statement saying, "well, what happened was for kensington palace and buckingham palace that they got an e—mailfrom buckingham palace that they got an e—mail from what they described as a third—party production company which had nothing to do with netflix all arch well, saying that you want to reply?" they then got in touch with netflix and said, "you know, is this something to do with you?" they got they said no reply from either of them and that was that. so, it is a slightly complicated tale but essentially if you are making this kind of story and

you are a journalist you make every single effort you can to get right of reply, to get the other side. you don't send one e—mail and leave it at that because these are quite important claims about the palace failing to defend meghan about the relationship between the cambridge's and the sussexes, and as i say, journalistic league you make more than one e—mail. especially if you slap it at the start. especially if you slap it at the start-— especially if you slap it at the start. j , , ., the start. by the way, 'ust to add to that i the start. by the way, 'ust to add to that - i the start. by the way, 'ust to add to that - my i the start. by the way, just to add to that - my sources i the start. by the way, just to add to that - my sources at l add to that — my sources at netflix _ add to that — my sources at netflix say this is not right and — netflix say this is not right and that actually every effort was made to contact the palace, and they— was made to contact the palace, and they knew they had been contacted, for what it is worth _ contacted, for what it is worth. , , �* worth. very interesting. an impossible _ worth. very interesting. an impossible question, i worth. very interesting. an impossible question, but i worth. very interesting. an impossible question, but it| worth. very interesting. an l impossible question, but it is worth mulling over — what could happen next? we worth mulling over - what could happen next?— happen next? we wait to find out. happen next? we wait to find out- what _ happen next? we wait to find out. what is _ happen next? we wait to find out. what is fascinating - happen next? we wait to find out. what is fascinating for i out. what is fascinating for peaceful like me who watch this and think about the institutional side of this is how much more there really is,

because we have heard the criticisms of the media, we have had some of the criticisms of the institution. we have heard the interview with harry where he essentially says that he was mucked up by and they were marked up by their parents before them. you just wonder how much more there is to be minds from a relatively limited time when both of them were working members of the royal family, and from harry's pain as well. i mean, i don't want to bang on about it but harry has had a really rough time and he spends an awful lot of time talking about it publicly. at some point you think he was going to say ok, enough, let's move on. the question for those who care about that kind of thing is what the sea then move onto because so much of his post royal family life has because so much of his post royalfamily life has mulling royal family life has mulling and royalfamily life has mulling and talking about the last few years. and talking about the last few ears. �* h, and talking about the last few ears. ~ , ., and talking about the last few ears. , ., . years. also, i suppose how much will we continue _

years. also, i suppose how much will we continue to _ years. also, i suppose how much will we continue to care - years. also, i suppose how much will we continue to care after - will we continue to care after a six part series and a book. that is kind of the moment, isn't it, when you think you have said everything you need to say so you better get on with something else, and what is that something else? well ma be is that something else? well maybe they _ is that something else? well maybe they will _ is that something else? well maybe they will release - is that something else? well maybe they will release it. is that something else? ,ii maybe they will release it in the afternoon at least. man; maybe they will release it in the afternoon at least. may be the afternoon at least. may be the netflix _ the afternoon at least. may be the netflix bosses _ the afternoon at least. may be the netflix bosses in - the afternoon at least. may be the netflix bosses in silicon i the netflix bosses in silicon valley— the netflix bosses in silicon valley are listening. please respond. valley are listening. please resond. ~ ., ., valley are listening. please reapond-— valley are listening. please resond. ., ., , respond. we got it at 8am but they were _ respond. we got it at 8am but they were getting _ respond. we got it at 8am but they were getting it _ respond. we got it at 8am but they were getting it at - they were getting it at midnight if you live in new york. . , midnight if you live in new york. .,, ., y., , midnight if you live in new york. , york. has anyone seen lindsay lohan's comeback _ york. has anyone seen lindsay lohan's comeback christmas i york. has anyone seen lindsay l lohan's comeback christmas film on netflix? hat lohan's comeback christmas film on netflix?— lohan's comeback christmas film on netflix?- terrible - on netflix? not yet. terrible reviews- _ on netflix? not yet. terrible reviews- i — on netflix? not yet. terrible reviews. i love _ on netflix? not yet. terrible reviews. i love it. _ on netflix? not yet. terrible reviews. i love it. go - on netflix? not yet. terriblej reviews. i love it. go against the grain- — reviews. i love it. go against the grain- i _ reviews. i love it. go against the grain. i was _ reviews. i love it. go against the grain. i was excited - reviews. i love it. go against the grain. i was excited to i reviews. i love it. go against i the grain. i was excited to see that lady chatterley's - the grain. i was excited to see that lady chatterley's lover - the grain. i was excited to see that lady chatterley's lover is l that lady chatterley's [over is on netflix. that lady chatterley's lover is on netflix— that lady chatterley's lover is on netflix. ., , ., . , on netflix. that is too raunchy to watch it _ on netflix. that is too raunchy to watch it atm _ on netflix. that is too raunchy to watch it atm in _ on netflix. that is too raunchy to watch it atm in the - on netflix. that is too raunchy l to watch it atm in the morning. i think you are right about that one. i think you are right about that one-— i think you are right about that one. ., ~ , ., ., that one. thank you. one of the other stories _ that one. thank you. one of the other stories our _ that one. thank you. one of the other stories our colleagues - other stories our colleagues have been working on is about health, and it is about how long it has taken for people to

go from accident emergency onto a ward if they need a hospital bed, and the bbc found through lots of research than more than of people are having to wait more than four hours for that process which is breaching the government target so that has been a big story today and we thought that would give us an opportunity to talk about life in hospital at the moment and be adjoined by doctor maddock in brighton and she is vice president at the college of emergency medicine and a consultant in the emergency department. hello, doctor maddock. department. hello, doctor maddock-— department. hello, doctor maddock. ., ~ ., ., maddock. thank you for having me. maddock. thank you for having me- thank _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for coming - maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for coming on. | maddock. thank you for having l me. thank you for coming on. it does not — me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like a _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like a great - does not sound like a great time to get ill at the moment. unfortunately it's been like this in the emergency department for a very, very long time. we are certainly seeing the winter starting to kick off and so there is a lot more illness around. but unfortunately the state of emergency departments has been like this for years now and we have been calling for more support through staffing, through more beds, more social care, unfortunately we have not seen any results.

so that is why the state is as it is, as you've just declared. it is no longer really four hours. patients are waiting over 12 hours, or well over a day in the emergency department and that is unacceptable. on the radio this morning the health secretary was saying there are several new medical schools are about to come on stream that were commissioned by theresa may a few years ago, so they're ready to go now. in the autumn statement one of the surprises in the autumn statement from the chancellor was billions of extra pounds for the nhs over the next two years, which people weren't expecting and also borisjohnson's signature pledge was tens of thousands of extra nurses. you're making it sound like all of our dreams have been made true! it has not amounted to anything, has it? because if it did you wouldn't be seeing the problem you did today. yes, there are plans for medical schools, it takes a long time to train a medical student to become a doctor and then they have got to go through the training.

it's not as simple as that. we need senior decision—makers and it takes years to get that on board. into this dire situation that you paint, then we have the strikes where your colleagues will be walking out and seemingly making a bad situation worse? well, i have to say that the royal college is not a union. we can't comment on terms and conditions, but what i can say is that imagine how bad things have got to be in order fora nurse, ora paramedic to strike? that's got to be pretty bad. because these guys don't strike. these guys are so committed to patient care and to keeping their patients safe, they're dedicated and hard working, but we recognise they're overstretched, there are fewer of them than there were before and so therefore they're

getting burnt out quickly and we are worried about retaining staff. they're leaving more than they're joining and that is a real problem. we are about to get into christmas party season. we know from the documentary is about accident and emergency, christmas party season is important with people getting drunk and injured, could that tip the edge? no. you have totally missed it, that is not it at all. it sounds like, like we are at the tipping point where the system is teetering and what could be the straw that breaks the camel's back? i don't think that will. i think what breaks the camel's back will be deaths. unfortunately, we already have evidence to show that if patients are waiting for more than eight to 12 hours in the emergency department, mortality rates go up within 30 days. and we already have that evidence, we have shown that

to the government since earlier this year. it does not seem to have touched anyone. 0k. if that gets worse, that will break us. i talked about those documentaries about seeing a fly on the wall in the department but could you paint a picture about what will it be like in your emergency department tonight on thursday night? what does it feel or sound like? what are the emotions and stress levels like? so, i think scared. that is one picture. we have had frail patients who have been shaking, literally trembling and you have gone over to ask them, are you 0k? and they have responded, i am frightened. the reason why this lady was frightened was because she was in a corridor full of patients and there are departments that can hold up to 38 trolleys

in the corridor. how do i know that? it has happened. if you canjust picture this — trolleys front of trolleys. and imagine the person in the back trolley having a cardiac arrest were becoming unwell. doctors and nurses needing to get to emergency. they have to pull other trolleys out of the way. it is utter chaos. there is no space to lie these patients and that is why trusts have to hold ambulances because it is not safe to keep them in credit departments and that is having a significant impact on the ambulance trusts who are unable to get back impact on the ambulance trusts —— who are not unable to get back into the community. it is a terrible knock—on effect. if you can imagine working in an office, you have space. you have light. natural light. you have refreshments, things you need. and imagine my working day, which is utter chaos. it is, people everywhere lying on trolleys, sitting

on the floor, standing in the corner. there is no call hell for anybody in the corridor to call for patient help. people relying on nurses to pick up on the signals. and they can. and they continue to pick up on the signals but it is not safe to leave things like that. and we are at the point where we cannot stress enough, we really do need more money injected into social care immediately to try to alleviate the pressure of the hospitals. you paint a vivid picture of what it must be like of the thing that leapt out to make, on a brain level, as all of the hospitals calculating how much space there is in the corridors because those corridors have become an integral part of the hospital and notjust the way you get from emergency to the ward. it has become part of the treatment space. yes, it should not be. it should not be a clinical space, it is not, there

are no sinks. you cannot get refreshments and there is no call bell. certainly no privacy or dignity or confidentiality. which is terrible. as clinicians and for nurses, porters who work in that environment. it is very difficult. we didn't really sign up for that but we have to do whatever we can to keep patients safe and that is why things like the four—hour standard at the moment don't mean anything. you're just trying to keep the patients safe and that is what i tell my juniors every day. keep the patient safe and make sure you are ok as well and the staff are well supported. that is all we can do at the moment. thank you very much and good luck coping with this difficult situation over the next couple of months. thank you very much. there will be even more strikes, the pcs union who represent border force staff at six british airports say they will go on strike before christmas, during

christmas and after christmas and during new year and if you add that to the train strikes, you have a lot of travel disruption. so the person i call what i want to know if i can go on holiday is simon calder from the independent. hello. my goodness! merry christmas! i desperately want everybody to have a lovely holiday but i'm afraid, having four weeks, i thought, the train strikes will be settled and the pcs dispute will probably go away also and it will be fine, but i have to say it looks like everything is going ahead and i am very sorry to say that on the trains, millions will have theirjourney plans drawn up. in the skies it remains to be seen. when i was looking at the newspapers on thursday morning after this news broke on wednesday night about border force, i was thinking it might not be that bad because lots of people will be leaving the country

and you don't see a border force person when you leave. but i then thought, hang on, it is on a big conveyor belt and that is not how it works? that is how to look at it. the busiest days, for heathrow in terms of arrivals, the first day of the strike, the 23rd of december. friday. on one of the busiest days of the winter anyway. so, you have all of the arrivals which start before 5am and by seven or eight you have had dozens and dozens of wide—bodied planes turning up. all of this people need to be processed, many are not uk or eu or us citizens and they need to be spoken to. and you know what the arrivals halls are like at heathrow, very often even in normal times they are not big enough. so you cannot allow more people there so therefore the planes, the people stay on the plains. you have already been on a plane for 14 hours and i will sit here for another couple of hours. that also means that the plane

cannot be refuelled and have new passengers and baggage put on board. therefore the departing passengers are now bunching up and it all gets very messy. there are no gates left for arriving planes because they are filled with planes that should have gone two hours ago and you get diversions, cancellations and everything which is why the government is saying it could be severe disruption and why manchester airport is saying there will be cancellations because they want the alliance to put in proactive cancellations to reduce the stress on the system. just in terms of flights, are you able to go to your airline and say i don't want to wait for the text, just cancel it for the text, just cancel it for me now. for the text, 'ust cancel it for me now._ for the text, 'ust cancel it for me now. ., i. �* for me now. know you can't, the airlines will _ for me now. know you can't, the airlines will not _ for me now. know you can't, the airlines will not be _ airlines will not be sympathetic.

they will say, as far as we're concerned, everything is going to go ahead, before i came to talk to you jet to said we are going to run all of our flights, i'm not sure if manchester airport would agree, but that is what they said. there is no way any airline or holiday company is going to allow you to say ok, we will cancel. to turn that around, if your flight is one of the ones selected for filletting or culling or whatever you want to call it, taken out of the schedule so other flights can run, immediately the air passenger rules kick in and they must offer an alternative flight, even if that means they have to buy your ticket on a rival airline to get you to your destination, and the trouble is it is christmas and are not many seats available. bah humbug! once on the podcast your family were going through immigration at the airport while you were talking to us. is your family grounded this christmas? luckily, yes. not for any great reason except that london is a fantastic place to be over christmas

and new year, but i am trying to get to gatwick on the first day of the new year, rail strikes on the 3rd ofjanuary. to fly off on an important working trip to the red sea. myself and chris will fly to our homes! hopefully you will come back to newscast when we publish thank you. we will be back with another episode very soon. goodbye! well, it looks like this cold weather is going to stick around for quite a few more days. it's not desperately cold during the day. it's the night—time that's especially chilly, with temperatures perhaps getting as low as minus ten in rural spots in the next few nights. but snow showers, icy stretches, sharp frosts, those are the main points as this cold air arrives

and has indeed arrived from the northern climes all the way from the arctic. but we'll see subtle changes in the wind direction over the coming days. so that means that snow showers will be affecting perhaps different areas. but the northerly winds have been bringing in quite persistent snow showers to scotland. we've had some grazing the eastern counties of england as well, even reports of hail showers in places. and through the course of the night, icy stretches in some areas. it's also going to turn quite cloudy across parts of the midlands, east anglia, the south—east. maybe a few flakes of snow from that as well, but really not an awful lot. these are the inner city temperatures, so minus three, minus four. but in rural spots, as i indicated earlier on, it will be a good deal colder than that. so here's the morning — lots of sunshine right from the word go, but not necessarily in the south—east. could be really quite raw and dull for a time before the sun arrives. wintry showers continue in the north, in some western areas, northern ireland, too.

and again, briefly in the afternoon, temperatures for most of us touching around about three to five celsius. and then the following night, so friday night into early saturday, again, these are the inner city values with lower temperatures expected in rural spots. so this weekend, of course, it's staying cold, but freezing fog, lingering freezing fog could be a problem. now, let's have a look at the forecast map, then. and you can see a low pressure establishing itself across the uk. that means lighter winds if we're in the centre of the low. that will help the fog to form. and also notice that blobs of blue, white are starting to appear in other parts of the country.

that's an indication of the winds shifting around the uk and perhaps pushing in some of the wintry showers to areas that haven't seen anything so far. so, yes, the outlook staying cold, not desperately cold by day, certainly not subzero for most of us, but chilly nights. and of course, you can track the weather as always on ourfabulous weather app, bye—bye.

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